The Washington bee., 1887-04-30
Mobile, Ala, April oath, 'S7.

The FIed. Douglas Literary
met last Tuesday evening In the
basement of State st. Church.
Mr.. z. r Maze, opened the exer-
cises with an address on "Litera-
ture," which he delivered in his
usual foreibIe sty lie, eliciling the
plaudits of the whole audience.
Next was presented for solution
the question, which has caused
more obstruction to the human
family, Whiskey or War? The
following were selected to discuss
the merits and demeri,s of this
question: Mr.. @. Lee RusselI,
who opened the debate for the
affirmative with Messrs. Jrhhsou
and Cato as his colligues and Mr..
L. w Tobin, who followed in the
negative, supported by Messrs.
Leavens ard Freeman. Both
sides made very able arguments,
I ringing out many strong points.
At the conclusion of the argu-
ments, the judges retired t. make
up their virdict. During their
absence, NJ. f. X. Perryman;
the artist, was introduced and in
neat little speech presented the
society with beautiful Bus Pict-
ure of the Hon. Fred. Douglass,
in whose honor the society is
named, drawn by himself with the
means of piece of charcoal and
"a little brush, called by Mr.. P.
the charcoal process The picture
is in very pretty frame, about 8
by IL in size and is an excellent
picture of Mr.. Douglass, as [ have
seen him. Mr.. j. w. Bowens,
responded in behalf of the society,
thanking Mr.. Perryman forlh
beautiful gift, which was SO high
ly appreciated by all. A COM
mi'tee was then appointed to
draft suitable resolutions also
thanking Mr.. Parryman for the
picture. The judges having re-
turned, Mr.. Plckens the chief
justice, rose and announced the
the dicision, which was eleven
to one in favor of the atfirma.
tive.
The Excelsior Literary club,
also met Oh the evening of 18th
inst, at the residence of Mrs. Har-
ney, and quite a large number of
ladies and gentlemen were pres
ent. The exercises consisted of
declamations and essays lnter>
spersed with music concluding
with an interesting debate, be-
tween Messrs. Gleason, Wilkinson
and others, Oh the meritorious SER
vices of Gen. Geo. Washington &
philosopher Benjamin Franklin.
The subject was we'll handled by
the gentlemen named and was iD-
structive as well as enjoyble, At
their next meeting May 3rd, the
question as to whether woman
should vote or not will be
discussed by four of the most
talented ladies of the club.
Mr.. r. I'll. Thornon, formerly
of .his city and late of Chicago
departed this life last Wednes-
day evening alter an illness OF
five months. He was born il
Waynesboro, Miss and was ab nj
80 years of age. Mr.. Thorn OF
possessed many good traits 0:
character, moral in habits, kline
and gentle, intelligent and indus
trious. He was deservedly es,
teemed and respected by this com
munity. lie leaves a wife, moth
er and one child to mourn hi.
lost. The funeral cerem Dnlet
were held at st. Emanuel CHURCH
aud was performed by the Rev
R. d. Brooks, pastor in charge
which were solemn and !mpres.
sive. Among the many fora
offerings, were a large pillow
made of white roses, in the cen
ire of which, was the simple and
appropriate word "Rest. in Emor-
tells. Accompanying this was a
card bearing the inscription "Bat-
tie House Walters" He was
connected with that noble and